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In the wardrobe / Re: Stretchy fabric novice
« Last post by Elnnina on April 18, 2024, 16:25:23 PM »Oh that is interesting So Chic regarding the Jean Muir hem finish - I just happen to have the book High Fashion Sewing secrets by Claire Schaeffer and it is mentioned in this book - also found a reference to this on PatternReview.com.
Now just a few weeks ago I was asking questions about coverstitching, and of course the trouble I was having trying to get this looking right, and one of the snippets I picked up off the internet was to use strips of a wash away stabiliser and I used Avalon as I already had this, I used two strips of this on top of my right side hem and the results are fantastic no tunnelling and the hem looks very neat. By using this stabiliser it means that the stitch has gone through more fabric, and then when the stabiliser is washed away it gives more room for the stitches to settle in and thus no tunnelling.
Like you Sheilago I am new to sewing with today's modern knit fabrics, and on today's modern machines the only time I had stitched knit fabrics before was back in the 1960's/70's and then this was on a straight stitch machine and a ball pointed needle. Now of course there is so much more to sewing knits and I am about to start on quite a journey - hope you have fun with this as well. I also treated myself to a lovely book Sew Knits with Confidence by Nancy Zieman and I watched her video on this on You Tube as well - very helpful indeed.
Thanks to others here on TSP I also bought some knit fabrics from Pound Fabrics, Birmingham, and they are beautiful, not at all thin and nasty curling knits but substantial jacquard type knits ranging from £5.00 - £9.50 per mtr. so I am going to be very busy.
Now just a few weeks ago I was asking questions about coverstitching, and of course the trouble I was having trying to get this looking right, and one of the snippets I picked up off the internet was to use strips of a wash away stabiliser and I used Avalon as I already had this, I used two strips of this on top of my right side hem and the results are fantastic no tunnelling and the hem looks very neat. By using this stabiliser it means that the stitch has gone through more fabric, and then when the stabiliser is washed away it gives more room for the stitches to settle in and thus no tunnelling.
Like you Sheilago I am new to sewing with today's modern knit fabrics, and on today's modern machines the only time I had stitched knit fabrics before was back in the 1960's/70's and then this was on a straight stitch machine and a ball pointed needle. Now of course there is so much more to sewing knits and I am about to start on quite a journey - hope you have fun with this as well. I also treated myself to a lovely book Sew Knits with Confidence by Nancy Zieman and I watched her video on this on You Tube as well - very helpful indeed.
Thanks to others here on TSP I also bought some knit fabrics from Pound Fabrics, Birmingham, and they are beautiful, not at all thin and nasty curling knits but substantial jacquard type knits ranging from £5.00 - £9.50 per mtr. so I am going to be very busy.